That AK-47 on Mozambique's flag has got to be very scary for people of Madagascar then
@superbalways80352 ай бұрын
Golden comment
@eriktroske64052 ай бұрын
Ahaha, except in this case, it’s from their not-so-distant wars against the Portuguese for independence.
@SantaFe194842 ай бұрын
Especially since it appears to be pointed eastward towards Madagascar.
@TheGrindcorps2 ай бұрын
Nah. Malagasy people are neither white nor colonizers so they have nothing to worry about!
@Vico6492 ай бұрын
They can smell the smoke from the AK from across the pond.
@user-qf5kl6cv2y2 ай бұрын
Long answer short: The Eastern mountains have a better climate for rice cultivation, the staple crop on the island. Also the 1st people to arrive in Madagascar arrived from the East, not West.
@sunnya43102 ай бұрын
The second point is not entirely accurate. The ethnic groups along the coast of Madagascar including the East coast have higher African genetic admixture. It's actually the central highlander groups like the Marina that have a more austronesian admixture.
@Thefriedchickenmaster2 ай бұрын
@@user-qf5kl6cv2y i would have said it was because the austronesian came to Madagascar from the east
@user-qf5kl6cv2y2 ай бұрын
@@sunnya4310 that is why I specified that the mountains have a higher population. Also Marina/Merina is the largest ethnic group in the country and I think 10%? are considered light-skinned
@user-qf5kl6cv2y2 ай бұрын
@@Thefriedchickenmaster They were the first people that we know of to arrive in Madagascar though
@hiiii28492 ай бұрын
@@user-qf5kl6cv2y yea but people are sensitive
@TrevorJC2 ай бұрын
I could learn about Madagascar all day long, it's an amazing geographic wonder of the world!
@peteb1532 ай бұрын
yeah fr
@micai.j89202 ай бұрын
@@TrevorJC Yep, I’ve been for the last 2 months 😂
@Zagreus-cb3yu2 ай бұрын
Yeah fr. I would've born in Madagascar had it taken away 5 more kms of land during continental drift
@jessie.jordanАй бұрын
I’ve been here for six years. It’s such a cool country. I make videos about Mada.
@mochardiansah74522 ай бұрын
Malagasy 1-10: 1. Iray 2. Roa 3. Telo 4. Efatra 5. Dimy 6. Enina 7. Fito 8. Valo 9. Sivy 10. Folo Ma'anyan (the sister language of Malagasy, spoken in Borneo) 1-10: 1. Isa 2. Rueh 3. Telo 4. Epat 5. Dime 6. Enem 7. Pitu 8. Balu 9. Suei 10. Sapuluh
@@ikotozafy Architecture of Malagasy very similar to Borneo, Peninsular, Sulawesi and Sumatra, for example, Borneo like 'bubungan Tinggi Banjar' from South Kalimantan, Rumah Lamin from West, Central Kalimantan, 'Rumah Bajau' from Sabah, 'Balai adat Melayu from Peninsular, Riau archipelago and Sumatra',orAND 'Balla Lompa from South Sulawesi. V shape ornament of roof finial called "selembayung' in sumatra and peninsular, Madagascar unique from other Afrca, because of architecture, food, plant and domestic animal more closer to Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Polynesia, like paddy/rice, taro, chicken etc, and one similarity is using Arabic script called 'Sorabe' closer to JAVANESE arabic called Pegon, Malay Arabic called Jawi. pre-Islam Javanese/Java Island used Hanacaraka script and Javan Kawi, Malay used 'Rencong' script, and Sumatran Kawi, Linggi script, gangga malayu script, Bugis-Makassar of Sulawesi used 'Lontara' and Jangang-jangang, Batak People with Batak script, Rejang people with Rejang script, Lampung people with Lampung script, Sunda people with Sunda script, Dayak Iban with Papan Turai script modern with Duging script, Cham people/Champa of Central Vietnam with Cham script, Filipino with baybayin, kulitan, buhid, tagbanwa, hunano'o, and Tausug people/Sulu people of southern Philippine and east coast of sabah with 'luntarsug' the architecture, language, culture, food and ship/boat are similar and connected to Borneo and Sumatra.
@ivanakhid3333Ай бұрын
Javanese "ngoko" ( Indonesia ) : 1. Siji 2. Loro 3. Telu 4. Papat 5. Limo 6. Enem 7. Pitu 8. Wolu 9. Songo 10. Sepuluh
@Ajco212221 күн бұрын
@@mochardiansah7452 for Visayan Language. (Cebuano Bisaya) 1. Uzza 2. Dua 3. Tolo 4. Upat 5. Lima 6. Onom 7. Pitto 8. Gualu 9. Ciam 10. Polo
@pogogod60362 ай бұрын
Them Austronesians were mad sailors. From Taiwan to the whole Indonesia, to New Zealand in the south, to Madagascar in Africa, and to Easter Island in Chile.
@whanua9829 күн бұрын
as indonesian i don't even know how the fuck my ancestor did that? there is no legacy to us probably due to Christian settler in my world didn't helped us with anything, but still I have thousand question.
@jerryberry54806 күн бұрын
@@whanua98 Only the Pacific Islanders (Micronesians and Polynesians) continued sailing. The rest of Austronesians just settled where they were and started building societies, kingdoms, empires similar to Indigenous Taiwanese. They were even more encouraged to remain in their land soon as they acquire some cultural elements from Indians, Chinese and Arab traders
@whanua986 күн бұрын
@@jerryberry5480 yes, true because of civilization such as pirate, Islam, Christian, etc. back then sailing is good because water is so empty, and ppl are just believe in mythology and shit. they can still sail if they want to tho, it just ppl change their value to pursue I guess.
@PrincipalSkinner31902 ай бұрын
Quality info but you're needlessly repetitive throughout. You restate several points you've mentioned earlier in the video instead of getting to the point.
@dylanzeman39662 ай бұрын
Absolutely so true. The only reason I came to the comments was to say that. Overall interesting video and didn't know anything about Madagascar before. But could definitely refine your repetitive speaking.
@rob69272 ай бұрын
I thought he would actually discuss why the east is more populous than the west, turns out it was just a click-bait 👎🏻
@iyoyoyoyoyoyoyoАй бұрын
Yes, this
@DmanDaksАй бұрын
@@PrincipalSkinner3190 By the way, you know that 74% of its population lives on the eastern half of Madagascar?
@amrayabaptiste2933Ай бұрын
@@rob6927well he did explain it. It's the geography. Further, the first ppl settled on the Eastern side
@mortenpoulsen14962 ай бұрын
I like how he mentions a lot of info twice at least.
@InfernosReaperАй бұрын
Gotta pad that runtime
@matthieuratrimoson32712 ай бұрын
Loved this! I am Malagasy and live here and I can tell you they don't teach a lot of this stuff in school
@DhadirMohamed-q2x2 ай бұрын
@@matthieuratrimoson3271 malagasy are they Somalis by their ancestors
@matthieuratrimoson32712 ай бұрын
@@DhadirMohamed-q2x from what i learned, we have malay, indonesian, arab ancestors. But also very possible that we have African ancestors. We also had our own religion before some British missionaries came here, and our own indigenous people.
@safuwanfauzi50142 ай бұрын
I hope Madagascar revived and revitalized local Malagasy architecture and stone-brick work, like in Southeast Asia, Thailand with Thai Usobot, Myammar with Pyatthat, Malaysia with Balai Adat Melayu or Balai Besar Melayu, Indonesia with Rumah Gadang, and also Gate and arch style called Paduraksa", all southeast asia have own style, Architecture of Malagasy very similar to Borneo, Peninsular, Sulawesi and Sumatra, for example, Borneo like 'bubungan Tinggi Banjar' from South Kalimantan, Rumah Lamin from West, Central Kalimantan, 'Rumah Bajau' from Sabah, 'Balai adat Melayu from Peninsular, Riau archipelago and Sumatra',orAND 'Balla Lompa from South Sulawesi. V shape ornament of roof finial called "selembayung' in sumatra and peninsular, Madagascar unique from other Afrca, because of architecture, food, plant and domestic animal more closer to Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Polynesia, like paddy/rice, taro, chicken etc, and one similarity is using Arabic script called 'Sorabe' closer to JAVANESE arabic called Pegon, Malay Arabic called Jawi. pre-Islam Javanese/Java Island used Hanacaraka script and Javan Kawi, Malay used 'Rencong' script, and Sumatran Kawi, Linggi script, gangga malayu script, Bugis-Makassar of Sulawesi used 'Lontara' and Jangang-jangang, Batak People with Batak script, Rejang people with Rejang script, Lampung people with Lampung script, Sunda people with Sunda script, Dayak Iban with Papan Turai script modern with Duging script, Cham people/Champa of Central Vietnam with Cham script, Filipino with baybayin, kulitan, buhid, tagbanwa, hunano'o, and Tausug people/Sulu people of southern Philippine and east coast of sabah with 'luntarsug' the architecture, language, culture, food and ship/boat are similar and connected to Borneo and Sumatra.
@matthieuratrimoson32712 ай бұрын
@@safuwanfauzi5014 we did not. Even after we gained independence from france we still want to mimick french shit
@manontondalan99412 ай бұрын
who is closer? ILOKANO IN PHILIPPINES 1-maysa 2-duwa 3- tallo 4- uppat 5- lima 6- ennem 7- pito 8- walo 9- siyam 10- sangapolo
@migyman3212 ай бұрын
You can find carnivorous plants in Madagascar which you mostly find in south Eastern Asia
@narutoshipuden24402 ай бұрын
@@migyman321 yeah during pangea Madagascar and indian subcontinent are side by side or something
@betawikid2 ай бұрын
Yeah...Malagasi its part Of Austronesia people... Mix Mongoloid malayan X Negroid african
@whanua9829 күн бұрын
@@narutoshipuden2440 or they carried it in 7th centuries for medicine and other things, by sailed.
@purpl3grape2 ай бұрын
Hell-Ville sounds like something out of DC comics.
@lontongstroong2 ай бұрын
List of cities in -I like it to move it move it Land- Madagascar: Antananananananana Toamasina Antsirabe Mahajangan Fianarantsoa Toliara Sambava Tolanaro Antanifotsy *HELL VILLE*
@eriktroske64052 ай бұрын
I can’t imagine that the name helps much with international investment 🤣
@matthiasbehrendt61122 ай бұрын
@@eriktroske6405 It was named for French admiral Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell. Officially it is renamed to Andoany.
@purpl3grapeАй бұрын
@@matthiasbehrendt6112 lmao de Hell did you say?
@Geointerest2 ай бұрын
Nice to see the seperation graphic, it really gives you a good example of today's geography.
@williamswetnam40702 ай бұрын
Basically, the same reason for the sharp contrast in climates between western Oregon and eastern Oregon, only flipped east / west.
@mkilptrick2 ай бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to a part of the world I knew little about.
@heriniainateddyrakotomanan87852 ай бұрын
Thank you for covering my country
@davidrandria6142 ай бұрын
Thank you for your great video Geoff! Our country is struggling with many problems but your video reminds us that it is a beautiful place.
@michtyzkg1343Ай бұрын
Well since you accept the ruling of the scum andry rajoelina and don' t revolt then endure the hell you're living in...
@Victor-dx2ew2 ай бұрын
That's strange, I thought the whole population on the island lived behind 3 giant concentric walls, and they fight man-eating giants to survive
@ratojo49472 ай бұрын
@@Victor-dx2ew It isn't Paradise here. 🤣
@Victor-dx2ew2 ай бұрын
@ratojo4947 fellow man of culture I see 😎
@lawtraf8008Ай бұрын
True SNK fans LMAO. The fact that The island is based of Madagascar is so interesting. I'm also very familiar with Madagascar because it's our closest neighboring Islandand also distant cousins in a way. I'm from The Comoros Islands which are little islands located between Madagascar and the south-east African coast.
@mfra9592 ай бұрын
Simple answer: because western part is drier and easter way greener Just look at their map via satellite
@arnonym54302 ай бұрын
Its basically set up this way to shield from the africas
@smallcube-zn2mm11 күн бұрын
didn't found any comment from Madagascar people is internet unavailable there?
@arnonym54309 күн бұрын
@@smallcube-zn2mm Lol, they have almost no internet
@Kev4Kev2 ай бұрын
What about another thing being that the nearby French colonies are nearest to the east or north of the country; Djibouti, Reunion, Mayotte, Seychelles, Mauritius and Comoros? I would bet that if Mozambique was a French colony instead of Portuguese colony when Madagascar became a French colony there would have been a major city on the west coast. The largest French colonies near Madagascar at the time by sea were Djibouti, Gabon and Vietnam
@bretfisher72862 ай бұрын
I very much enjoyed this episode, Sir! Since I have a passion for Madagascan Euphorbia, and other plants endemic to the island. There are many surprises here, and thank you for bringing them to us.
@Cindy-xk5vm2 ай бұрын
Thanks Geoff! Your knowledge and presentation is great!
@JTA19612 ай бұрын
Well put
@ainamamy87592 ай бұрын
Kinda thrilled to see my country 🇲🇬 having such a precise description! You've got yourself a new subscriber!
@bensantos38822 ай бұрын
Blame the mountain range effect. Its too dry and hot on the West side. Also the East does have it all, flat lands and rain enough to make it hospitable.
@amrayabaptiste2933Ай бұрын
I knew very little about Madagascar but I was always curious. Thank you for sharing this.
@MrAgLiАй бұрын
Is this AI? Why does it kept on repeating the same information multiple times in different wording?
@maxkraus7063Ай бұрын
its made for americans
@InfernosReaperАй бұрын
@@maxkraus7063 It's made to pad the runtime
@valdasendriulaitis502 ай бұрын
Do some geography studies on nations that no longer exist, for example, like Circassia, Tibet , Ache, Nagaland, Kashmir , the kingdom of Hawai’i , crimean sultanate etc
@doridore12342 ай бұрын
Independent states and nations are not the same thing. All of these nations still exist.
@royasturias1784Ай бұрын
@@doridore1234 They're parts of bigger countries with varying degrees of autonomy and responsibility.
@doridore1234Ай бұрын
@@royasturias1784 You clearly did not understand my comment
@availanilaАй бұрын
Fellow commenter, you will attract a lot of anger with this comment...
@keyboardemperor3540Ай бұрын
I will thanks
@Rocketdog2992 ай бұрын
What I learned from this video: Madagascar must be where One Piece is located😉.
@ihavethebodyofapig70782 ай бұрын
Attack on titan takes place here actually lol fun fact
@KanooPhaPha942 ай бұрын
@@ihavethebodyofapig7078 huh?
@blurryface19982 ай бұрын
It's Paradis Island of Attack on Titan
@ihavethebodyofapig70782 ай бұрын
The attack on titan world is literally just our world but the map is flipped upside down. The main story takes place where Madagascar is.
@pustakarileks74042 ай бұрын
@@Rocketdog299 gorosei watch you 🧐
@wbae13402 ай бұрын
Always thought this island was so interesting. So close to Africa but the people look so different, like a mixture of black and Asian. Sad with poverty and prisons there are insane.
@l-kin34802 ай бұрын
That's because they are a mix of native Bantu and Malay
@motorola99562 ай бұрын
@@l-kin3480 Specifically Barito Austronesian from Borneo.
@plouplou11362 ай бұрын
@@l-kin3480 not malay only but mostly indonesian
@chba342 ай бұрын
@@plouplou1136 They can be called Malay according to that word original meaning. Malay doesn't mean "from Malaysia". It's an old generic term referring to people with a certain phenotype that live in the Nusantarian region. But Malaysia decided to use that term to name a state and then creating a confusion. It's as if an African state was named "Africa" so the inhabitants are called "Africans" and then creating a confusion between the people of the continent and the citizens of a country.
@AbiSaysThings2 ай бұрын
It's from the same racist pseudoscience that erroneously called white people "caucasian" and used words that would be considered downright offensive for certain other groups. It's not based in reality, it's just what some dudes dreamed up
@thegrandlord29142 ай бұрын
Malaysian: madagascar is our descent Meanwhile Antropologist: madagascar ancestor are coming from Indonesia around 6th century AD to 8th century AD
@fatahaiman88012 ай бұрын
Those 2 countries don't exist back then
@thegrandlord29142 ай бұрын
@@fatahaiman8801 and yet malaysian proudly claim people of madagascar as their diaspora. What a hypocrit
@rickken68232 ай бұрын
Borneo..specifically Dayak from Central Borneo...not mly
@xo42052 ай бұрын
konoha mendonia
@iceteazen2 ай бұрын
Taiwan/Formosa wins you all came from there lol
@ZRHTrainspotterКүн бұрын
Simple reason why: the East Coast has a Wet and Mild Climate which allows good Vegetation. The West Coast is dry and hot, almost like a desert.
@ahha63042 ай бұрын
Whenever I saw the ship icon in this video, I just uncontrollably said "Hello ladies"
@abhilashshankar49242 ай бұрын
Madagascar's Eastern coast is exactly like Indias Western coast. lush green rain forests and narrow low lands . Madagascars western highlands are like Peninsular Indias Eastern dry places - No wonder Madagascar and India were together 60 millions years ago .
@arnonym54302 ай бұрын
Annex them back into india
@ryanpratama80612 ай бұрын
Their original name was Malay - Jazira (Island of Malay), due to Arabic merchat - seamen acknowledge those people come from south east asia (malay tribe). Then the name corrupted into Malajasi, then Malagasi.
@vinodhk77052 ай бұрын
@@ryanpratama8061 Jazira is no way Malay word.
@xo42052 ай бұрын
nope. it's austronesian, not part of malay
@treazy86002 ай бұрын
@@xo4205 malay people is austronesia?
@xo42052 ай бұрын
@@treazy8600 Austronesia from Borneo, Malay is a Proto Malays originally from Tanah Melayu/Sumatera.
@ryanpratama80612 ай бұрын
@@vinodhk7705 Sorry for misunderstanding, Arabic merchant called that islan as "malay jazira", meaning, island of malay people. So its arabic word, not malay word
@BodohYono2 ай бұрын
Madagascar should join ASEAN economic group, free trade no tariffs and many benefit between their members😏
@JimmyLarrabee2 ай бұрын
Another great video where you learn alot. Next time you do another one in Africa consider doing one on the Great African Rift
@christianhume7618Ай бұрын
I enjoyed this video! Thanks for posting!
@AIGeographyTeacherАй бұрын
Your geography content is both cool and informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 🌐👏
@TheGbelcher2 ай бұрын
Great video. I learned a lot. I don’t typically give Madagascar much thought. Now I will!
@katelyninglin21482 ай бұрын
The population shocked me !!
@petersguazzato82912 ай бұрын
Fascinating cheers 👏👏👏
@-nf9vt2 ай бұрын
For subtitles, I recommend Immersive translate. It will generate them perfectly
@joackimmutulu5 күн бұрын
Keep up the great work!
@delonteeast7955Ай бұрын
Very interesting and informative video! Good job!
@earlysdaАй бұрын
There was some good information in this video. 13:34 was very strange tho, as you said: "When the geography of one region changes....". Nothing in the geography of either the Caribbean or Madagascar changed noticeably in the time frame referred to.
@SteveFitch-c8k2 ай бұрын
I've spent a lot of time in Madagascar - probably around 6 months total spread out over ten trips. Everything about it "Mad" is freaky unique including 90% endemic flora and fauna. It's a biodiversity paradise that is quickly disappearing due to radical deforestation. And good luck trying to pronounce their names, cities and regions. Geoff, you butchered the pronunciation of every Malagasy city attempted - but no worries. We everyone does, except of course the Malagasy people.
@harimanoa3192 ай бұрын
@@SteveFitch-c8k haha at least he tried. Thank you for the positivity towards my country. Much appreciated
@micai.j89202 ай бұрын
@@SteveFitch-c8k Haha I’m Black-American w distant Malagasy heritage and I am super into their culture and music. Just started learning Malagasy - I pronounce their words and names good!!, I’m use to learning languages quick.. Malagasy is a hard one, no doubt, but I love it..Pronunciation for me isn’t so bad
@LetMeChillBro2 ай бұрын
@@micai.j8920As Malagasy myself I have to thank you for being interested in our culture and language Thank you bro🤝
@micai.j89202 ай бұрын
@@LetMeChillBro Salama, thanks bro. Yeah it’s interesting, a little culture shock at first and now I naturally connect to the culture and surrounding areas, as well as other parts of Africa of course. ‘Gasy got a vibe 🇲🇬♥️
@kaidanalenko52222 ай бұрын
But Malagasy similar to Indonesian language and it has the most simple letters. I mean it has no silent letters and it reads exactly how it writes....
@mysteriousDSF2 ай бұрын
Let me guess the mountains prevent the moist air from getting to the other side of the island so while they create a lush environment on the east side with abundant rainfall and rivers they create drought on the west side? Was I right? Did I say everything this video is about to say in ten minutes without watching it?
@mattstevenson13342 ай бұрын
@@mysteriousDSF 5 minutes in, and you've nailed absolutely 0 points so far.
@TaLeng2023Ай бұрын
Only thing you missed is that it was also originally settled from Asia.
@worthit50642 ай бұрын
How is it possible to cross the mighty Indian Ocean on canoes...? 🤷 The Navy merchants who travelled in the Indian Ocean knows what I'm talking about. Some days are rough enough to cause doubt on monstrous sized steel ships and travel in darkness of night without GPS guidance 😢. Old travelers were brave.
@cutemateio23 күн бұрын
It is not that empty. Its density is 26 people per square kilometer or 67 people per square mile. That is similar to Brazil. Sparsely populated but not very empty. Still overpopulated.
@SpongebobSquarePants-k6d2 ай бұрын
😮I had no idea Madagascar is so awesome , I have to visit
@revinhatol2 ай бұрын
Basically, this island is the farthest west Austronesians can reach.
@lontongstroong2 ай бұрын
I believe some reached and traded with Swahili Coast kingdoms too, although the number might be very small and quickly absorbed by the wider Black-Arab society.
@TSideWes8052 ай бұрын
And unfortunately the poorest and most economically unstable as well. Sad, given how well off the island is, resource wise and climatically wise as well.
@lontongstroong2 ай бұрын
@@TSideWes805 Thankfully politically it is getting settled after decades of coup and bickering.
@jasonhaven71702 ай бұрын
The Austronesians in Madagascar are of majority African ancestry in their paternal lines
@bwayn6584Ай бұрын
@@jasonhaven7170 It shows that the initial African arrivals were mostly males, probably workers and not for peopling purpose. The first Asian settlers were mostly women and few men, it shows that the Asian paternal side was an elitist/sovereign lineage that fathered most Malagasy's Asian paternal genetics.
@Gribbo99992 ай бұрын
Oh mate, these days, who measures rainfall in inches without even giving a millimetre equivalent in screen?
@monica012077Ай бұрын
App made it the USA, on USA's internet. Now you see how we feel when people make videos on the US and measure everything in metric. It just doesn't compute...
@Mountainshark28 күн бұрын
@@Gribbo9999 We will not use your weird system. Inches only.
@TheUneducatedTeacher9 күн бұрын
Oh boo hoo Do the math
@JTA19612 ай бұрын
A~free~car & Mad~A~gas~car auto~matic thumbs up from me.
@jerrysstories7112 ай бұрын
I just perused your map store. Why do the relief maps have dates from so long ago? Isn't current data easy to acquire? Or did you wholesale some old maps?
@billiepotts15412 ай бұрын
This man is much much much better at 1.5x speed. If he bores you, please try it. The heavy repetition means that information sticks better at that speed.
@jaysonagapito86632 ай бұрын
Used to work there. Miss the island so much.
@AD-jq7ow2 ай бұрын
I think simple answer mountains and climate
@elevenb6967Ай бұрын
Somebody gets is....Finally.
@stevegeorge9612 ай бұрын
You said it is the 4th largest island in the world several times without actually saying how big it is. For example how many square miles is Madagascar?
@thomasboykin86752 ай бұрын
Great information!
@waspwrap12352 ай бұрын
0:15 that’s probably because they’re very antisocial 😅😅😅😅
@jcl1331Ай бұрын
Any map of rain will show you the west is dry and the east gets a ton of rain. Like 3 to 5 times as much in some areas
@kyannickk2be2 ай бұрын
I hit like and subscribe button exactly at the point he said 😅 he actually reminded me on that ..then explanations went on after
@Personalytv-lj6eg2 ай бұрын
Why do people live here and not there? It’s water or mountains isn’t it?
@JxH2 ай бұрын
Greetings to my friend Bernard, who lives there sometimes.
@GraceNdeti332 ай бұрын
Quite informative 👍
@raphlvlogs2712 ай бұрын
Madagascar is an continent island by itself
@chidubememma-ugwuoke96602 ай бұрын
Exactly what I've always thought
@adekurniawan413029 күн бұрын
Dayak tribe (Indonesia) move to Madagaskar island
@micai.j89202 ай бұрын
I wanna visit this place so bad 🙌🏾 my ancestors calling me. I’m drawn to the whole country but more so the Northern and Eastern parts, looks more developed. But Mahajanga and down to Toliara are some cities on the western side that seem to be more popular settlements.
@harimanoa3192 ай бұрын
Please come visit !
@gloriagreen12692 ай бұрын
@@micai.j8920 if ever you wanna come. Let me know. It would be a pleasure to bring you around
@micai.j89202 ай бұрын
@@gloriagreen1269 Thank you!, That’ll be great. Where else could I find you ?, I’m learning and planning. Learning Malagasy on my free times, Having a teacher would be nice lol
@wrdwdwrd2 ай бұрын
great videos, i would just ditch the super-upbeat-commercial library music in the background. something slower or with less/out drums would be less distracting. thanks Geoff!
@topworldlocations2 ай бұрын
Nice Video ⭐️
@LarryNgetich2 ай бұрын
Now we need a Pirates of Madagascar movie
@arnonym54302 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@floofy1172 ай бұрын
Hey Geoff, thanks for the overall very informative video. However, as someone from Madagascar I'd just like to ask that if you do another video about our country, or frankly any country foreign to you in the future, please take some time to learn to say the names and words correctly. I generally like to share videos about Madagascar with my family and friends from there but when the names are butchered so badly as if there's no effort in them it becomes more of a distraction from the otherwise fantastic geographical information that you're sharing. All the best.
@finiavanamandresy54602 ай бұрын
Thank you for talking about my country! Fun fact, we are among the most peaceful countries in Africa second only to Mauritius.
@stefanoraz272 ай бұрын
I am one of the descendants of the tribe that populized madagascar from borneo so this is a great watch
@bwayn6584Ай бұрын
Most Malagasies are the descendants of that Bornean tribe.
@martinbourne8715Ай бұрын
How were these early maps created? We see an aerial view, but how did they know it looks like that, was the coastline fully surveyed in 1590?
@NoëlliChristinMong2 ай бұрын
You probably got it wrong, the center plateau counts for around a half of the country's population.
@makb_the_strikerАй бұрын
TLTW: people on Madagascar aren't Africans, they're Melanesians (nation is called malagasy) and they have arrived from Indian ocean on boats.
@Professional_Youtube_CommenterАй бұрын
short answer. Look at from space and see where the green bits are
@mikegrew74462 ай бұрын
Another Home Run, Geoff!
@natep67292 ай бұрын
Singapore has a similar demographic pattern as well where the majority of the population lives on the other side of the island, away from Malaysia.
@sallymae592 ай бұрын
Do you have maps for everywhere...such as tidal in Guatemala
@samihabbarannaba2 ай бұрын
Do a video about the geography of algeria
@lontongstroong2 ай бұрын
Wesh!!!! 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
@muscato00832 ай бұрын
12:50 Thank you Uncharted 4 for making me aware of this 😅
@Anant.Bhatia.Antz_Bin2 ай бұрын
The Eastern part of Madagascar looks very similar to the western part of India which you mentioned in the video that it broke away from. Looking at the visuals, I could see what I see around myself in Maharashtra. Lush greenery, black basaltic rocks and waterfalls all around. So beautiful!
@PavlosViscachaАй бұрын
“Domesticated animals like chickens and bananas”?
@hadiisaboss530727 күн бұрын
He meant organisms
@johnjohn32412 ай бұрын
I lived there for a year. Great country, air quality in Antananarivo is piss poor, gorgeous island.
@ArdaSRealАй бұрын
Insane that the first on Madagascar were Austronesians
@sujaireddy4311Ай бұрын
I guess the only other group that could have plausibly came earlier were South Indian seafarers, who had the technology for it and had already sailed south to modern-day northern Mozambique on the East African coast. I guess it was just luck. Austronesians engaged in seafaring and settled in many coastal areas of the Indian Ocean. Bantu agriculturalists could not reach there until later due to migrating from very far by foot over difficult terrain. Asking why nearby hunter-gatherers on the mainland did not settle it originally is not really a question worth asking IMO (especially since it is not visible across the, it just didn't happen I guess.
@tutekohe13612 ай бұрын
Unique means there is only one. Something is either unique or it is not. It can’t be “very unique” or “pretty unique”.
@seamussc2 ай бұрын
Yes, but if a unique trait really stands out as a defining quality or trait of a thing, then you can emphasize it with the word "very." Everyone has a unique fingerprint, but if your fingerprint appears to produce an image of Jesus Christ, that is very unique.
@indiartobudisantoso77462 ай бұрын
Madagascar is unique......culturally and nature wise.......a place one must visit .....
@FazeelAhmed92 ай бұрын
Bro sounds like an AI came to life
@lindalawrie1482 ай бұрын
The "r" is silent. Sounds like Masagasca
@michaelhiatt73772 ай бұрын
I would find it difficult to pronounce correctly the many cities of Madagascar
@lontongstroong2 ай бұрын
Antananananananananananananananana
@chessWoRpire14496 күн бұрын
Cyclones are Madagascar nightmares
@KidusSolomon-r3oАй бұрын
General Knowledge _ The Innocence of the Martha Island 270 mile 29 million 74% 26%
@thatchinaboi12 ай бұрын
Video footage is too sharp. You should lower the settings. 😊
@MikiLund2 ай бұрын
Maybe because of the pinguins ?
@Disasterification2 ай бұрын
I think japan also doesnt live majority towards china side
@mbn96722 ай бұрын
the western coast of japan is significantly colder than the eastern side because of cold Siberian winds, the eastern coast however gets warm moist air from the pacific
@alaskanbullworm55002 ай бұрын
The pacific facing side also has better harbors
@tsmith95552 ай бұрын
Mountains…. The answer is mountains.
@commentor34852 ай бұрын
The empire of king julian
@ForageGardener2 ай бұрын
I can finish this video like one comment due to the sun. Rising in the East it causes waters on the East sides of land to have more prosperous fishing. Get more nutrients in the water. Add due to the winds coming from the East and blowing into the West. This brings water and the mountains. Capture the water and allow it to flow down the Eastern side of the. Mountains, but the Western side is at a rain shadow, which makes it dry and not good for Widespread civilization
@princeofchetarria53752 ай бұрын
Interestingly the opposite of the population distribution of Taiwan, another island nation on the western border of a large continent with a subtropical climate with wetter west coast and drier east coast due to the central highlands
@sjb7963Ай бұрын
Hold on. So the video keeps saying there are 29 million people on the island however, when they did a people breakdown, they only covered about 3 million people. Where the other 26 million people come from if the most populated areas fail to numerically account for the majority of inhabitants??? 🤔🧐